Banjo Jokes

Courtney rightly points out that I called the banjo in “Take It Easy” a mandolin. A mandolin (the Sage-o-lin) my father made me hangs over my desk, so maybe that caused the slip, but since my father’s grandfather name is Banjo, you can tell I should have known better.

Our favorite song of Dad’s is called “Mr. Happy Banjo Man”—hence the nickname Banjo—and it features some great lines, such as